BALLOONCAST - Go Ahead School

Level: Go Teens 2 Listen to this Ballooncast and learn about Lewis Clarke and one of his adventures. Enjoy!

Level: Go Teens 2 Listen to the Ballooncast. What do these numbers refer to? 43 million / six / 150 / 11.000 / 40

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + You can find happiness when and where you least expect it ... listen to a part of a talk given on a radio program and find out more about this fascinating yet intriguing topic. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + A crowdfunding campaign and a dream ... listen to Daniel Northcott's touching story, and how a crowdfunding campaign has helped make his dream come true. Enjoy!

Levels: Go Teens 4 / Basic + Have you ever heard of mob football? Can you imagine crowds of people running after a ball? Listen to find out more about this ancient sport.  Enjoy!

Level: Go Teens 2 Listen to this Ballooncast and find out more about a boy's best friend! Who's your best friend? What's he/she like?

level: Go Teens 3 Listen to this Ballooncast and compare Hollywood now and in the past!

Levels: all For centuries, people have tried to send signals over long distances using bonfires and flashing mirrors. Listen to the episode and learn more about the evolution of means of communication. Have fun!

Levels: Upper-Intermediate-Advanced Customer requests: annoyance or opportunity? Maintaining the entrepreneurial zeal and relentless customer focus of a startup company.

Levels: all Listen to a dialogue between Mike and Eric where they talk about one of their coworkers, John. Is John an "eager beaver"? Why? Are you an eager beaver yourself? Listen to the episode and find out. Have fun!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Are you (or is anyone you know) a minimalist? What do you understand by minimalism? Listen to this Ballooncast and find out more about it. Enjoy it!

Levels: all Listen to some interesting facts about playtime toys and inventions.  Have fun! ;-) (source: Pocket Genius - Inventions . Penguin, 2016)

Levels: Intermediate + According to Steve Jobs, this one thing separates The Doers from The Dreamers - no one is coming to save you. (extracted from an article written by coach career Michael Thompson)

Level: Advanced This amusing text's been taken from "The Book of Awesome", and shows the "agonies" of finding out that your birthday will fall on a weekday, and, conversely, the excitement about having the big day over the weekend. Enjoy!

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Levels: Intermediate + What makes you the way you are? Are you shaped by nature or nurture? Listen to the text and its nice insights - good food for thought! ;-) Enjoy!

Level: Go Teens 4 Listen to the teacher's narration and learn more about vacationing in Mexico. Have fun!

Levels: all! What kind of music do you like? What are your favorite genres? Who are your favorite singers? Bands? Learn more about the History of Music, discuss these questions with your teacher, and have fun!

Level: Advanced Katie Couric is an American TV personality, journalist, and author. In 2012 she wrote the book "The Best Advice I Ever Got - Lessons from Extraordinary Lives", which went on to become a New York Times Bestseller. The text you're about to hear is the advice provided by the singer Sheryl Crow - "Do The Best You Can". Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + The Modals are a group of auxiliary verbs - can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, would - that we can use with other verbs to say what is possible, permitted, necessary, etc. The Phrasal Modals are a group of verb phrases - be able to, be allowed to, be going to, be supposed to, have to, have got to - that can be used instead of modals. Now, identify the...

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Do you know the history behind this famous phrase in English? Listen to our episode and find out! TGIF!

Levels: All levels Idiomatic expressions - Idioms - give English its color and vitality. They are indispensable to the daily speech of the people and to the language of newspapers and books, television and movies. Whenever you hear a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood even if you know the definitions of the separate words involved, you have probably encountered an idiom. Listen to the first...

Level: Go Teens 2 Listen to the teacher's narration of a boy's garden. Can you imagine what it looks like and draw it? Have fun!